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Selected:Blue Ocean Strategy CanvasARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Alignment MappingBusiness Model Canvas
| Criterion |  Business Strategy Blue Ocean Strategy Canvas |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Business Strategy Business Model Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The Blue Ocean Strategy Canvas shows how an offering is positioned relative to the market. Differentiation thereby becomes tangible in value factors instead of merely being claimed. | ARID examines how well developers can work with a technical design. It focuses on a part of the system that can still be revised, between the architecture overview and the detailed specification. | When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable. | The Business Model Canvas condenses a business model to its key building blocks and assumptions. It makes variants quickly comparable and reveals gaps before validation or implementation begins. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 1-2 h | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 4-12 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Strategy Canvas, Value Curve, ERRC Actions | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | Business Model Canvas, Assumption List, Business Hypotheses |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyPositioningInnovationValue | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | Business modelStrategyValueInnovation |